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Patented Dec. 5, 1950 RECORD CARD Evert Johnson, @il City, Pa., assignor to The Pennzoil Company, Oil City, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 8, 1947, Serial No. 784,912

prehending postcards, pamphlets and folders to be directly stamped -and addressed,V `and envelopes containing mail matter, each oi which itemshas the usual spaces for the postage stamp and the address.-Y v

The invention relates to improvements in the record card, these being concerned with its nor mal use, qua record card, and also with its specific `features of cooperation with the address and stamp applying elements of the aforesaid mechanism.

continuation in part of i 2 Claims. (Cl. lOl-127.1)

The term mailing pieceisdened in my parent application, and herein, as com The objects of the invention are to enable the record card, inaddition to its function assuch, to cooperate mechanically with the mailing piece and with the address and stamp applying mechanism in the application of the address and postage stamp to the mailing piece and in the i ejection or delivery of the unit comprising the record card andV the mailing piece from the mechanism; and, 4with the record cards in normally led relation, to lprovide full protection for the panel and also full protection against smearing, by ini: adhering to the panel, of the record carrying surface of the adjacent record card.

An embodiment of the invention, `in a form now considered preferred, is illustrated in the drawings wherein:`

Figure 1 is a plan view of the record card, showing its several parts in extended relation.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the record card and associated mailing piece as inserted into operative relation to the address and stamp applying mechanism, such parts of the mechanism as are necessary for an understanding of the invention being shown in horizontal section.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the record card with van associated mailing piece shown in broken lines, the record cardA and the mailing )piece being shown in readiness for insertion in operative relation into the addressV and stamp applying mechanism.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of part of a drawer element by which the address and stamp applying mechanism is supported.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 6 is a view in front elevation of the address and stamp applying mechanism as mounted within and supported by the drawer element, the hinged :panel which forms a part of the front of the drawer element being shown in open position.

The address and stamp applying mechanism A (Figure 6) is mounted within the drawer element Il (Figures 4 and 5) of a cabinet (not shown herein). The mechanism A and the drawer element 8, shown and described in detail in my parent application, Serial No. 777,203, are shown and described herein only in such detail as will enable an understanding of the functional features `of my improved record card and the features 0f correlation among it, the mailing piece and the address and stamp applying elements.

The drawer element 8 includes a front wall and side walls 9. The mechanism A (which forms the subject of my co-pending application, Serial No. 792 470) includes a stamp applying device |8| of any suitable known construction (for example as shown in Patent No. 1,877,849, issued September 20, 1932) and an address applying device, the essential elements of which are upper and lower roller quadrants |92 and |93 mounted "fon shafts |96 and |195 respectively. The upper quadrant |92 is provided with a facing |96 of suitable absorbent ink carrying and applying material and is movable `in relation to an inking roll |91 arranged in contacting relation above it :grand at the lower end of ink reservoir |93. The

support for the stamp and address applying device consists of a vertically planar transverse plate |10 which carries a forwardly projecting horizontal shelf |13. A longitudinal shoulder t.|111 and a transverse shoulder |15 in right angular relation are formed upon the shelf |13, the shoulder |14 being parallel to the plate |10 and the shoulder |15 extending forward from the inner end of the shoulder |14. rihe shoulders `Il!! and |15 constitute an L-shaped positioning guide for the record card to insure its proper initial location in cooperative relation to the elements of the mechanism A. Access to the mechanism for the purposes of replenishing the `ink, inserting a new roll of stamps and lubrication, is provided for by a hinged upper panel l2 which forms a part of the front wall of the drawer element and carries a knob |11 by means ofwhich it may be conveniently opened or closed, the panel |2 being shown in its normallyclosed p-artially ejected (by the quadranti rollers |92 and |53) through an angular slot continuationv in the vertical wall 5 at which the slot |18 terminates.

bounded by a U-shaped reinforcing frame |80, one element of which is attached to thepanel |2 and the other element of which is attached. tot;

the upper edge of the section of the front wall below the panel l2.

The record cards are functionally associated with corresponding service cards, illustration of 1' which herein is unnecessary but which are shown and described in detail in my said parent appli cation, Serial No. 777,203.

Each record card consists of two major v(outer and inner) integrally-ccnnectedsections |55and |55 delimited by a common folding line |51v and having vertical blank columnsheaded'by appro-- priatef-titles or captions and sub-dividedhori-- zontally to provide, for reference purposes,-

squares to be lled in by the clerk with .pertinent data.v The section i55has at one end arcoplanay projection ii'which bea-rs the fname ofi The apparatus of Which=the recthe customer. ordicard-.isan element may ybe'used in any enter.-

prise where systematized customer notification-v service is. desirable. The record cardas -herein shown,l is assumed toA be vused infestablishments which serve the needs oi motor car drivers, iet; garages, filling stations and similar establish-Y ments.Y Therefore the projection-15B alsobearsv notations as to the identity of the customers car;I his car license number and other appropriate in'- formation, lIrne service cards, above mentioned, are filed vin pockets of the ling machine, illusitration of which herein is unnecessary but which'. is shown and described in detail in my said parent application, Serial No. 777.203. The sections 55 i have certain columns, e. g., the two vertical columns at the leitside of the .section |55,

rIhe slot |18 is formed by cutting: away the lower edge of the panel |2 and may be.

which provide for the recording of .the numbers' of pockets in which corresponding service cards may be filed at a time contemporaneous,

with the last entry on the record card.

Theprojection |58 constitutes an identification tab which enables the convenient selection of the record card in the cabinet' in which .it may be and its convenient removal. The section-i 561 has a rectangular window covered by panel-A I'he section oi r"'tacle stencil material. also h its upper end an extensiondifto which it is connected by a transverse folding line 52. The extension @5| vis provided fortheprotection of the panel of stencil material, for the protection ofthe adioining record cardior car-v rying any printed instructions which may be rew quired, and for convenience in effecting theoremoval ci the record card at the completionof its ejectile movement by the address and stampap* plyins; Amechanism A. When the record card isv in the idling cabinet the extension l5! is folded upon the section in order to protect` the stenL cil material from dust or smearing. sion E58. preierably bears upon the face which'becomes its inner face when the extension is folded a coating E53 of any'suitable varnish occupyinga suitable rectangular area,.the purpose otwhich The exten-i 1 is to prevent the extension |6| from adhering to the ink impregnated panel |60 and to prevent the ink adhering to said panel from seeping through the thin cardboard of which the extension |6| is composed and smearing the surface of the section |55 of the adjacent record card. In the folded relation of the parts the section |55 prote'ctsz`thef1opposite face of the "stencilpanel |60 against dust'and smearing.'-l

The upper edge of the section |55 may be regarded as marked off by a printed line |64 and theupper edge |65 of the section |56 and the folding line |62 coincide with the line |64 whereby, with the-parts in folded relation, the

'projection |58v extends as a tab beyond the upper edge of tlie'cardf." The section |56 at its lower edge andadjacent'the folding line |51 has a cutaway portion which provides a recess |66.

The mailing piece has the usual spaces for the postage stamp and address. In the use of the record v'cards"fo1`- the ;stamping@andzfaddressing offm'ailing fpieces .the Vv'sections' V|55 "and" r l faire`-v foldedlfonel upon1the$otheri with: the `*data bear-'#5'- ingsideof theisection exposed. The mailing:

` piece. iss insertedl between the sections-1 55 `and i156,

'registry 1. w-ith the; recess` i 6 B, f the Aedge portibn'rofx themailing piece is located incontacting .engagesmentyvith the'imeeting edges ofth`efsectionsfl55f.

cated Jin registry With'the' panel 50.

The-record"card,`- with'vthe' mailing piece thus"v associated with it and with its extension`v |Y|5|` proj ecte'd' relation; is thenfint'rducedintotheaddress vand 'stamp applying mechanism..-

The recordv 'card4 includes vertical column of 'cust'om'ernoticatin areenteredin the api" propriate squares by the clerk. There'cordfcardf" also includes a"columrr'bcaringI thecaptionl 5Cntact description yin which theclerk enters arl* dication "of 'the nature' of the contact withl -thef customer, i'. e. mail,` telephone A'or'personal`call" and,- in" the fusual YeventY that the' contact f is "by mail; an indication offthemailing piececr piecesv sent Ito" the customer;V itk beingrunderstod"that" the mailing pieces are severally identied'by numbers, code `words or other symbolic identication'. For the `purposeof 'adequate capacity several see ries of columns may be provided for theidentifcation of the particular'pocket of the'fili'ng maL chine in whicl'rthe customers service card is'ledj for the entry of the date of' customer notification and for an entryindicaltive'of -the particular* customer contact. As shown` the outer section |55"bears twoseries of 'such columns and theinner section |56 bearsa single* series;

Let it beassumed'that a customeristo-be .n'oltii iied-of'"servi-ce` needed. His record*card-"shows" whether therehas been any previous'contacti The'information supplied-bythe service and' rece Od Cards; considered inzcombinati'on, enables :the

clerk to determine.thefcharacterof 'noticatioi'i required and the identitytofftheparticular. mailt ing piece 'to` be sent, The date-of -noticationis then entered in the fcorresponding 'squareioffthe date column andfafdescriptionof the particular-ra notificationy orf contact is entered,in.the' corresponding square of the contact/.Adescription??` column They mailing..- piece MMisf-then .inserted fr between the folded sections |55 and |50 and the record card, with its extension ll in projected relation, is inserted into operative relation to the mechanism A.

In such insertion the record card is moved through the slot |79 and upon the shelf |13 with its inner end edges in contact with the shoulder |15, and its projected extension at the same time moved to the permissible extent into the slot Iil. The insertion movement of the record card is continued until arrested by the shoulder |711. As set forth in detail in my said parent application, Serial No. 777,203, the record card, at the completion of its insertion movement, trips the actuating element 2 5 of a switch which controls the motor by which the device |8| and the roller quadrants |92 and |93 are operated. A marginal recess 298 is formed in the shelf |13 to accommodate the peripheral portions of the quadrants during their operative movement.

When the stamp has been applied by the device |81 the roller quadrants |92 and |93 are operated and during their movement athwart the recess 206 seize the record card and effect its lateral movement, that is to say, its movement in a path at a right angle to the path of its movement as manually inserted through the slot |78, the shoulder |14 providing a guide. In the course of the movement of the card by the roller quadrants the address is applied to the mailing piece by the cooperation of the roller |92 with the panel |00, The movement of the card is throughA the slot |70 and is an ejectile movement, that is to say at its completion the card is in a partially ejected position in which the extension |6| may be readily grasped by the operator and the record card, together with its associated mailing piece, removed from the machine. Thereupon the mailing piece is removed from the card, the extension |9| is folded over upon the section |56 and the card is replaced in its ling cabinet. As filed the extension |61 protects the panel |60 against dust and smearing and also protects the section |55 of the adjacent card against being smeared by ink adhering to the panel. The section |55 also protects the opposite side of the panel |00 against dust and smearing. -Since the panel is fully protected it will, at all times, pro- 6 vide a clean and clear address upon themailing piece.

I claim:

1. A record card for filing reference and for cooperation with an address and stamp applyin mechanism comprising integrally connected outer and inner sections delimited by a common folding line, the sections as folded upon one another being adapted to receive between them a mailing piece, having the usual stamp and address bearing portions with one of its edges abutting the folding line by which the sections are delimited, the inner section being provided at one end and adjacent the outer section with a recess through which the stamp bearing portion of the mailing piece is exposed, being also provided with a panel of stencil material so located as to be in registry with the address bearing portion of the inserted mailing piece, and being further provided at its opposite end with an integral foldable extension to which it is joined along a transverse folding line, the extension being projected when the record card is used in cooperation with the stamp and address applying mechanism and being folded upon the outer face of the inner section when the record card is used for the purpose of ling reference, and the outer section being marked off into entry spaces and a space for identifying data.

2. A record card as set forth in claim 1 wherein the transverse folding line coincides with the upper ends of the sections and the outer section is provided beyond its upper end with a projecting co-planar tab which provides the space for the identifying data.

EVERT F. JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 

